Spanish civil war Quote by Javier Cercas

“All kinds of weird stuff going down, whisperings in corners, significant matches struck and blown out. The whores, unoccupied, were drinking heavily. The police,…

— Iain Sinclair

“In another moment, when I had drunk exactly the right amount of champagne, I should have a vision. I took a sip. And now,…

— Christopher Isherwood

“Floyd poured us each a cup and we headed back to the floor, the squad room, a sea of desks with computers and fluorescent…

— Dickie Floyd

“They were both good friends and heavy drinkers, a combination hard to beat.”

— Oscar Zeta Acosta

“The entered the building twenty-strong. Rider in front with his two meanest assholes flanking him. No one would mistake the men had come for…

— V. Theia

“We shared an explosive enthusiasm that we blasted out of our bodies with alcohol. It was almost a sport. We tore through sobriety together,…

— Ariel Levy

“All the same you needed to be a little drunk to die.”

— Graham Greene

“One strange feeling, which I remember clearly, was a powerful link with the slain, particularly those that had fallen within the past hour or…

— William Manchester

“They again kissed each other and fell asleep. The patch of light on the ceiling now seemed to be assuming the shape of a…

— Émile Zola

“And yes. They did become very drunk, the three of them. And you're not supposed to be drunk when you get involved in matters…

— Robert Rankin

“Tate opened another beer. He was glad he had several. He held up the beer to his image in the mirror. “To bastards everywhere!”…

— Diana Palmer

“Tonight," he said, "we shall get quietly and thoroughly drunk...in memory of all that was lost. And on the morrow, I begin the struggle…

— Sharon Kay Penman